Robert Blamires

Robert Blamires, in the Data Privacy & Security and Technology Transactions Practices, provides counseling and transactional support on cutting-edge regulatory compliance.

Mr. Blamires focuses in particular on data privacy, consumer protection, and payments, along with related IT/IP contracts and other transactional matters, and associated cross-border and multijurisdictional issues. He also regularly advises on proactive and reactive data security incident response, including managing suspected or actual breaches.

Mr. Blamires leverages profound insight into the priorities and demands of in-house counsel gleaned from secondments at several leading technology companies, both in the San Francisco Bay Area and in London. He also has a deep understanding of European regulatory enforcement, having spent two years on secondment at the UK’s consumer protection regulatory agency.

Drawing on more than 15 years’ experience, Mr. Blamires advises clients in a range of data-driven and other industries, particularly:

Technology, including:

Social media

AdTech

FinTech

HealthTech

Media

Financial services

Retail

Presentations

“GDPR Five Months After Implementation: How Enforcement, Compliance and Insurability Issues are Playing Out,” RIMS Cyber Forum, Seattle, October 2018

Using his multi-jurisdictional qualifications and knowledge, and experience of Europe’s demanding data privacy regime, Mr. Blamires works with international businesses on cross-border data transfer and other compliance strategies, including exports of personal data from Europe to the US and elsewhere around the world, employing mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses, EU-US / Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks, and Binding Corporate Rules.

Mr. Blamires has also helped companies comply with requirements for the use of cookies and other tracking devices, including applicable notice and consent mechanisms, as well as broader online compliance issues associated with behavioral advertising.

He also works with clients to manage their domestic and international responses to law enforcement and litigation discovery requests.

As a prominent member of the data privacy and security community, Mr. Blamires frequently writes and speaks on current issues.

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